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The Real Reason Ohio is Stopping Executions

Ohio has delayed all executions until at least 2017 as it struggles to acquire supplies of lethal injection drugs, according to the prisons department. The state has run out of its supply of the drugs sodium thiopental and pentobarbital and hasn’t been able to obtain new chemicals since European pharmaceutical companies began blocking the use of their products in lethal injections. Other states, including Arkansas, Oklahoma and Montana, have also delayed executions over the drug issue, although the specific issues vary. How can Ohio overcome the drug supply problem? Watch it on the Lip News with Jo Ankier and Wes Clark Jr.